Garment-hanger.



No. 668,898. Patented Feb. 26, I90l. L. YONTEFF. GARMENT HANGER.

(Application filed Oct. 31, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 ShaetsSheet l.-

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LUOIS YONTEFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 668.898. dated February 26, 1 901.

Application filed October 31. 1900. Serial No. 35,024. (No model.)

To all whom may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUOIS YONTEFF, a cit-izen of the United States, and a resident. of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved garment-hanger for conveniently and properly supporting trousers, coats, vests, skirts, and other wearing-apparel, the hanger being simple and durable in construction, easily extended and hung up for use in closets and other places, and readily folded up into a comparatively small space for shipping or storing purposes.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement extended. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same folded up. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of the improvement with the hook in section, and Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

The improved garment-hanger illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 consists, essentially, of a circular center piece A, formed at its lower end with an annular flange A and mounted to turn on the lower end of the shank of a hook B, having an offset B below the hook end 13 so that the device can be readily suspended from a wall, the center piece A standing in a vertical position. On the top of the center piece A are secured bearings 0, located on opposite sides of the hook-shank, and said bearings are engaged by coat supporting arms D, having slidable extensions D, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 1, so that each arm may be lengthened or shortened by moving the extension D outward or inward to give an aggregate length to the said arms corresponding to the width of the coat or other garment to be suspended from said arms when in an extended position, as shown in Fig. 1.

Each of the arms D is in the shape of an open link, the inner portions of the sides of the link resting on the top of the center piece A, so that the arms D extend approximately in a horizontal position when the device is in use, as shown in Fig. 1. The arms D are mounted to swing in their bearings O, and consequently the said arms can be swung upward into a folded position to rest against opposite sides of the shank of the hook B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2.

On the sides of the center piece A, directly above the annular flange A, are arranged a plurality of pivot-pins E, on which are fulcrumed the extensible arms F, each supporting on its outer end a hinged catch G, preferably formed with two jaws pressed apart by a spring to readily engage the trousers or other garments to be supported by the hanger. As shown, three such extensible arms F are employed, two of which are in alinement and belowthe arms D, while the third one extends at a right angle to the two arms F and in alinement with the offset B. When the arms F are extended, as shown in Fig. 1, their inner ends rest on the top of the annular flange A, so as to hold the said arms approximately in a horizontal position in a plane below that of the arms D. The arms F can also be swung into a folded position, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the lower ends of the arms rest against the sides of the center piece A. When the arms D and F are folded up, as described and shown in Fig. 2, then the hanger takes up very little room when it is desired to store or ship the hanger.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the center piece A is formed at its lower end with an annular flange A and is mounted to turn on the shank of a straight hook B On the top of the center piece A are arranged the bearings C for the inner ends of the extension-arms D similar to the arms D, previouslymentioned. ThearmsFarearranged in pairs, each pair being hung on the same pivot E, and each of the arms supports a catch G, similar to the catch G, above described. Two pairs of arms F extend under the arms D while the other two pairs extend at a right angle to the first-mentioned pair, as shown in Fig. 3. The several arms conveniently fold up in a manner similar to the ones previously described, so that the device takes up very little room. The arms F and F are preferably made of flat sheet metal sufficiently strong to support garments such as trousers and the like. It is evident that the arms F F and their catches G G may be used for supporting other articles of wearing-apparelfor instance, hats, bonnets, and the like.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, can be cheaply manufactured, is not liable to get out of order, and is always ready for conveniently supporting garments in a stretched position, so as to maintain their proper shape.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A garment-hanger, having a rotary center piece with a flange at its lower end, eX-

.tensible arms hinged on the sides of the center piece and adapted to rest on said flange When in approximately horizontal position, catches on the outer ends of said arms, and arms mounted to swing on the center piece above the first-named arm s, substantially as specified.

2. A garment-hanger having a center piece with an integral flange at its lower end, extensible arms hinged on the sides of the center piece and adapted vto rest on said flange, to support the arms in an approximately horizontal position, and spring-catches fnlcrnmed on the outer ends of said extensible arms, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' LUOIS YONPEFF.

Witnesses:

THEo. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

